Barreleye fish are named for their unique, barrel-shaped eyes. These eyes can rotate, allowing the fish to look both upward and straight ahead. Their eyes also have bright green lenses protected ...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Anglers brought in some crazy catches at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo on Friday: two sharks! As dozens of anglers started to come in to weigh their catches of the ...

These three fish are freaks, phantoms and mysteries of the deep. Here’s what we’ve learned from the rare glimpses we’ve had of their lives. The deep sea is one of Earth’s final frontiers. Given its ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth's strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...

Dive into the depths of the ocean to discover seven rare deep-sea creatures so strange and elusive, you won't believe they exist.

Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago. The deep sea is a part of the world that very few humans get the chance ...

Mesopelagic fish, long overlooked in ocean chemistry, are now proven to excrete carbonate minerals much like their shallow-water counterparts—despite living in dark, high-pressure depths. Using the ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - For more than a century, biology textbooks have stated that vision among vertebrates - people included - is built from two clearly defined cell types: ...

We know surprisingly little about the deep ocean or the strange creatures that live there. These unusual animals have evolved without sunlight and survive in complete darkness, resulting in many ...